Help, Im A New Mum!

[sharkybubba]

hey guys,

the other day i added some glass shrimp to my tank (thanks to wombat) and so was looking eagerly around for them when i spotted a jelly like substance on one of my banana lillies! its fairly small and has minute white spots inside it....have i got eggs?

(i have danios and tetras in my tank, and a snail?)

[sharkybubba]

Hey guys, i found this info on the net...does this sound pretty accurate to you guys?

Cyprinids (Egglayers)
Most Cyprinids, which includes Barbs, Danios, Rasbora, and Black-tailed sharks, are free spawning. This means they will discharge the eggs and sperm into the open water.
Usually an increase in temperature and feeding plenty of live foods will trigger spawning. The eggs will then adhere to whatever they come in contact with: leaves, decorations, gravel, etc. The eggs hatch quickly, usually within 30 hours at which time the fry can eat finely powdered flake food followed by baby brine shrimp after a week or so.

The parents will eat the eggs and the fry so some means of protecting the eggs is needed. To accomplish this you can use spawning grass, marbles in the bottom of the aquarium, or a grating that the eggs can fall through but the parents cannot. After spawning it is a good idea to remove the parents.

One of the notable exceptions to this method of breeding is the practice of the Bitterling, Rhodeus sericeus amarus, who protects the eggs within the Mussel and defends them after they have hatched


Characins (Egglayers)


Characins, which includes Tetras, Silver Dollars, Hatchetfish, Headstanders, and Leporinus, are free spawning. This means they will discharge the eggs and sperm into the open water, though always around bushy planted areas.
Characins all breed the same, with just a few exceptions. It is best to spawn them by separating the males and females and then feeding them heavily on live foods until the females grow fat and the males become more colorful. Then introduce a female and a male into a specially prepared spawning tank.

The spawning tank can be a low aquarium (5 gallons to 20 gallons depending on the species) filled 3/4 full with clean, aged water and lined with a dense foliage about two inches thick. The Glowlight Tetra is an exception here, in that they don't like the vegetation dense. You do not need any sand on the bottom but you can add a few pieces of wood or twigs with free space underneath to give the fry a place to attach. For the Neon Tetras, it is recommended that everything you place in the aquarium be sterilized, as well as the top. Other characins do not seem to need quite as much care to spawn successfully.

Usually an increase in temperature to about 78° F (see individual species), feeding plenty of live foods, and covering the aquarium with a towel (to darken it and maintain temperature) will trigger spawning. Spawning usually takes place in 48 hours to a few days. The eggs of most characins are quite sticky and will then adhere to the foliage as they are dropped. Remove the parents as soon as they have completed spawning or the parents might eat the eggs.

The spawning aquarium temperature can then be increased to and maintained at about 80° F . The eggs hatch quickly, usually in about 36 hours. The fry need to be fed infusoria, especially rotifers, for 1 to 4 weeks, depending on the species. Then they can eat brine shrimp.

The Congo Tetra is another exception here in that they spawn in temperatures of 77° F , and their eggs take 6 days to hatch.
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/info...hwater_fish.htm (http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/information/breeding_freshwater_fish.htm)

Ramshorn snail
They lay eggs in globules, which tend to be brownish in color. The globules contain about a dozen or so eggs, though it can vary. The globules are translucent, so it is possible to visually see the new snails develop in size. The newborn snails are clearish white.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramshorn_snail

sounds like the snail>?

[joz]

Hi Sharky,it does sound like snail eggs :(

[Sloory]

I would agree with the snail eggs option.

But hey! your still a new mum?

[sharkybubba]

I would agree with the snail eggs option.

But hey! your still a new mum?[/b]


yuck, i dont want lots of snails....damn!

[Sloory]

yuck, i dont want lots of snails....damn![/b]


LOL,

Wel i'm gunna be a dad, one of my glass shrimp is preggas already! :p

[sharkybubba]

LOL,

Wel i'm gunna be a dad, one of my glass shrimp is preggas already! :p[/b]

oh my god, crazy! how do you know when they are preggaz? just fat lol...i just got some glass shrimp the other day through wombat..

[wombat1100]

I still can't find mine!
Dazz

[gumlmug]

hey guys,

the other day i added some glass shrimp to my tank (thanks to wombat) and so was looking eagerly around for them when i spotted a jelly like substance on one of my banana lillies! its fairly small and has minute white spots inside it....have i got eggs?

(i have danios and tetras in my tank, and a snail?)[/b]

Hi,
Snail eggs, thats my first guess. The snail you got small brown, with slightly spiral shell?
snails are a-sexual so they'll breed on thier own, and usally you'll end up with snails chocking the tank, i reccomend getting a clown loach or 2, they will eat the snails no worries.

[Sloory]

oh my god, crazy! how do you know when they are preggaz? just fat lol...i just got some glass shrimp the other day through wombat..[/b]


Lol well they're glass shrimp so you can see the eggs through them :p

[sharkybubba]

@wombat: that sucks! im guessing they are there you just cant see them...your tank is fairly big-especially compared to mine...some days i cant see mine, others i can but it takes me ages to find them! they'd be hiding under stuff so your fish cant eat them :p

@sloory: thats awesome..im gunna keep a check on mine too!

@mugz: yea i was thinking of clown loaches but my tank is already fairly overloaded thats all!....but then again snails are annoying in little tanks!

[sharkybubba]

Lol well they're glass shrimp so you can see the eggs through them :p[/b]


hey sloory,

i think i saw eggs the other day in one of my shrimps....it was like a bundle of yellow eggs in her belly....does this sound like it to you?

[wombat1100]

That would be right Kat, I cant find my shrimp and the ones I got you have eggs! go figure!!!!!
Dazz

[Sloory]

Thats sounds right Kat.
Soon you'll see her swishing them around in her tail keeping them clean and i assume oxygenated. :)

[sharkybubba]

@ dazz: maybe i should recapture some of mine and bring them back over hahaha!

Ive actually noticed two pregnant now yay!